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In mid-August, the hot weather has passed. With several rainfalls, the high temperature in Weining City plummeted to the point of adding clothes in the morning and evening. Several delicate and frail female police officers in the unit were affected by the sudden change in the weather. The wind and cold, including Lang Xixi.

Lang Xixi stood beside the long table in the office of the re-inspection team, lowered his head and pressed a piece of the edge of the table that was notched, and said with an aggrieved face: "I took three days off last month, and now you don't approve of me asking for sick leave. .”

The office is quiet, only the slight noise of the vibration of the chassis from the long-standing wall-mounted air conditioner in the corner.Xia Bingyang was sitting at one end of the long table, with his feet on the chair, holding the remote control and flicking the air conditioner, with his back to Lang Xixi, he said casually: "Little girl, you have to be conscientious, you said you only After three days of rest, do you know that I haven't had a day off in the past two months. And I just gave you a day off the day before yesterday, why is it unreasonable?"

Lang Xixi pouted and muttered, "I didn't say you were unreasonable."

"That's what you mean in your words."

"But I really have a cold, it's hard."

"I'll go to the opposite pharmacy to buy medicine for you later."

"I took medicine and drank a whole box of Ganmao Ling to no avail."

"Then drink two boxes."

Lang Xixi begged, "Captain Xia."

Xia Bingyang was not accommodating at all: "No, no one else has so many leave, but you are diligent in delivering your leave slip."

Lang Xixi was muttering something else, but Xia Bingyang cut it off first: "This time I won't give you a vacation, so I just lie down on the seat and sleep when it's really uncomfortable." At the end, she added: "I'm doing this for your own good. "

"They didn't let me see a doctor and said it was for my own good."

"Isn't it good for you to help you dispel rumors?"

Lang Xixi wondered: "Refuting the rumor? What kind of rumor?"

Xia Bingyang's indifferent tone said without any ups and downs: "There are rumors outside that I'm picking you up, and I'm about to get you, don't you know?"

Lang Xixi stared, feeling ridiculous: "How is it possible, who said that?"

Li Zhiming, who was typing on the computer keyboard at the corner, turned his head, pushed the dull black-rimmed glasses on his face, and said, "Everyone says so."

Xia Bingyang pointed at Li Zhiming with the remote control: "Listen, even your brother Mingming knows, who else in our building doesn't know?"

Lang Xixi stomped anxiously: "This is all nonsense, how can they talk nonsense, it's too much."

Xia Bingyang continued to press the remote control on the air conditioner: "So I can't approve your fake news. What if it becomes more and more true and delays your finding a boyfriend?"

Ever since she learned from Ji Zheng that Xia Bingyang was not single, Lang Xixi had already given up on him. At this moment, she couldn't help worrying that the rumors would spread more and more and affect her personal problems, so she was anxious for a while, watching Xia Bingyang blurt out: "Captain Xia, just tell them that your girlfriend is not me, isn't that all right?"

There is nothing wrong with this at first glance, but after a little thought, there is no deep meaning.Even Li Zhiming could tell something was wrong, he turned his head again and said in a daze, "Xiao Xi, Team Xia doesn't have a date yet."

Lang Xixi was still in a daze: "He has."

Li Zhiming adjusted his glasses calmly: "Brother Dong said he didn't have any."

Lang Xixi was even more dizzy: "Huh? Doctor Ji said he has it."

"Who is Doctor Ji?"

"Just the tall and handsome guy in a suit who came to the bureau two days ago."

Li Zhiming was also a little confused: "But Brother Dong told me that he doesn't have a girlfriend."

"But Dr. Ji told me that he has a partner."

While the two were arguing endlessly, Xia Bingyang was still pressing the remote control of the air conditioner.He gradually ran out of patience, threw the remote control on his hand hard, and finally turned off the broken air conditioner with the broken remote control that didn't work.

Xia Bingyang threw the broken remote control on the low table by the wall, took out the cigarette case and lit a cigarette, then turned to Li Zhiming who was sitting in the corner, and joined the conversation between Li Zhiming and Lang Xixi , took a breath of smoke and said, "As the person involved, can I say something?"

Li Zhiming and Lang Xixi immediately fell silent and looked at Xia Bingyang.

Xia Bingyang unhurriedly exhaled another puff of white smoke, then looked at Lang Xixi and asked, "You just said that I have a girlfriend?"

Lang Xixi: "Yeah."

Xia Bingyang asked Li Zhiming again: "Did you just say that I have no relationship?"

Li Zhiming nodded.

Xia Bingyang asked Lang Xixi: "Who did you listen to?"

Lang Xixi: "Doctor Ji, he told me himself."

Xia Bingyang: "What were his original words?"

Lang Xixi: "Say you're not single."

Xia Bingyang nodded, and then asked Li Zhiming, "Who did you listen to?"

Li Zhiming: "Brother Dong."

Xia Bingyang: "How do you say the original words?"

Li Zhiming: "Say you can never find a girlfriend again."

Xia Bingyang looked at Lang Xixi: "Doctor Ji said I'm not single, so you said I have a girlfriend." Then he looked at Li Zhiming: "Ren Erdong said I couldn't find a girlfriend, so you said I don't have a girlfriend. That's it ?"

Lang Xixi: "Yes, yes, yes."

Li Zhiming: "Well, that's right."

Xia Bingyang bit his cigarette and smiled: "Okay, I've figured it out. You two are right again."

After speaking, he jumped off the table and left meanderingly.

Lang Xixi moved a chair and sat next to Li Zhiming, and the two of them were chatting.

Not long after, the office door was pushed open, and Ren Erdong came in with a newspaper, and walked straight towards Xia Bingyang, who was slumped in the leather chair and reading the materials: "Baby, I heard that your father gave the newspaper to you in Beijiao Dayoupaozi." Bought it quickly."

Ren Erdong sat at the table, handed the newspaper to Xia Bingyang, and pointed to the economic section on the lower right: "Look."

Xia Bingyang didn't pick up the newspaper, he just turned his eyes away from the documents, and glanced at the newspaper indifferently.

Ren Erdong took it back and looked at it himself: "I remember that the land was not used for storage?"

Xia Bingyang lazily said: "It moved two years ago, and now it is going to build a Dolphin Bay villa park."

"Dolphin Bay? Isn't that Qitai's real estate brand?"

Xia Bingyang's tone became more and more lazy: "Business cooperation, raising property prices, normal operations."

Ren Erdong shook his head: "Anyway, it will be the wallets of you rich people, and it has nothing to do with me, a second-hand house slave."

Xia Bingyang opened his eyelids and looked at him: "Who are you talking about? That eye of yours sees me as a rich man?"

"Your father is rich."

"I have a fart relationship."

"You are the rich second generation."

"You're talking about Xia Hang."

Ren Erdong still can't understand why he rejects his identity as a rich second generation so much, and he especially doesn't like being compared with Xia Hang.It is estimated that Xia Bingyang really does not regard himself as a member of the Xia family. After all, just a few months after his mother died, his father got married, so it is no wonder that he still looks down on his father until now.Ren Erdong stopped arguing with him in vain, changed the subject before Xia Bingyang got angry, and pointed to the corner: "What are those two idiots doing?"

Li Zhiming and Lang Xixi are still checking the information they have learned with each other.

Xia Bingyang lay down on the back of the chair with a sullen face, picked up the materials and covered his face.

Li Zhiming sneaked towards Li Zhiming's office with his feet on his feet, and stood behind Li Zhiming and Lang Xixi hunched over, eavesdropping on what they were saying.

When Lou Yue opened the door and came in, what she saw was Xia Bingyang lying slumped in a leather chair and covering his face with documents, while Ren Erdong was eavesdropping on Li Zhiming and Lang Xixi's gossip.No one noticed her coming in.

She closed the door and raised her voice, "Xixi."

Lang Xixi turned her head towards her: "Sister Lou."

"You Director Jiang is looking for you."

"Oh, then I'll go down now, eh? Brother Dong, what are you doing squatting here?"

Ren Erdong stood up as if nothing had happened, whistled and walked away.

Lou Yue walked towards Xia Bingyang's desk, sat on the edge of the desk, looked at Xia Bingyang and said, "There is a case."

Ren Erdong was the first to say: "Holy shit, I don't let people stop for a day." Then he looked at Lou Yue and asked: "Who is in the team or in our group?"

Lou Yue said: "In the team, the group is temporarily silent."

Ren Erdong: "Every day is like a spy war."

Lou Yue ignored his nonsense, looked at the document Xia Bingyang covered her face and said: "An hour ago, the staff of Wanheng Group reported to the police that they found a corpse when they were surveying the terrain at the original Jinshicang Garden in the northern suburbs. Bureau Chen has handed over this case to you."

Ren Erdong was startled: "Wan Heng?"

Lou Yue glanced at Xia Bingyang and said, "Yes, Wan Heng from their family."

Xia Bingyang was unmoved.

Ren Erdong said again: "Jinshi Storage Park...Da You Pao Zi?"

Lou Yue: "When will you get rid of the bad habit of using characteristic buildings instead of real place names?" Then he said: "Jinshi Storage Park is not important, and Dayou Paozi is not important, what is important is a corpse dug out there .When shall we dispatch the police? Leader." In the second half of the sentence, she looked at Xia Bingyang and asked.

Xia Bingyang's chest sank, and he sighed before speaking, his voice seemed a bit dull under the document: "Dongzi went down to prepare the car, and informed the investigation team and the forensic team, and set off in 10 minutes."

As he said that, he took off the documents on his face and threw them on the table. The dejected expression on his face was swept away, and he walked towards the door of the office.

Lou Yue gestured to Li Zhiming and followed Xia Bingyang: "Director Lu went to the Forensic Center to help, but he hasn't come back yet."

Xia Bingyang left the office and went downstairs quickly: "Where's Xiao Chen?"

"Xiao Chen followed Director Lu, call them now?"

Xia Bingyang looked at his watch: "Don't wait, let them come back and wait in the forensic room, let's go there first."

Jinshi Storage Park was completed in 08. It was originally the largest building material storage center in Weining City. Because the building with a large water drop resembles a drop of gasoline, it was nicknamed "Big Oil Paozi".Jinshi Warehouse Park is outdated and cannot keep up with the increasingly modern management, and was finally abandoned by the times the year before last.The storage park was relocated to the high-tech zone, leaving only a piece of wasteland and the iconic 'Da You Pao Zi' in the original Jinshi Storage Park.

There is a natural water area in the northern suburbs. In the past two years, the Weining Municipal Government has gradually expanded the urban land and diverted the vast natural water area to the branch of the Qijiang River. The desolate hill where the Jinshi Storage Park is located has become It has become an excellent place for viewing the scenery by the water.A piece of abandoned wasteland has regenerated its value and was bought by Wanheng Group with a lot of money. It plans to jointly develop a villa area with domestic first-line real estate brands.It is said that the bosses of the two companies will also use the natural waters in the blueprint, introduce a pool of running water, and create an artificial wetland lake area. At that time, the villa area will be built around the lake, which is not a big deal.

The police car left the city, crossed the winding mountain road in the suburbs, and stopped on a mountain road leading to a highland.There are four or five cars parked beside the road, the license plate numbers start with Qing Yishui's WH.

Xia Bingyang got out of the car and yelled at the police officer who was getting off the survey vehicle at the back: "The car in front can't get in, so follow me with your things."

The policemen followed Xia Bingyang and Ren Erdong carrying the equipment.

The higher you go, the higher the altitude. Standing on the mountainside and looking down, across a green forest, you can also see the former site of Jinshi Storage Park and the drop-shaped building with a height of more than three meters. The mirror surface shone with a foggy gleam in the sun.

Ren Erdong answered the phone and said to Xia Bingyang: "I have to go up, the place where the bones were found is on the top of the mountain."

Xia Bingyang was suspicious: "The Jinshi Warehouse is at the bottom, and there is only a forest left when you go up. These people still want to build a house on the top of the mountain?"

A policeman's occupational disease prompted Xia Bingyang to suspect the reason why the caller went up the mountain.

Ren Erdong stepped on his feet and glanced forward, then waved forward and said, "Ask yourself."

Before he finished speaking, Xia Hang trotted down the slope, laughing as he ran, "Brother, I knew it was you."

The force of the dive prevented Xia Hang from stopping the car. Xia Bingyang grabbed Xia Hang's arm and pulled him back to prevent him from rushing down.

"You reported the case?"

Xia Bingyang asked.

Going down the mountain does not need to consume physical strength, but it will take a lot of effort to climb up the mountain with these policemen. Xia Hang held Xia Bingyang's arm and did not let go. He wanted to get closer to him and borrow strength from him. He said, "It's not me, it's Secretary Liang."

Ren Erdong glanced at Xia Bingyang, seeing his expressionless face, knowing that he didn't want to meet his father, so he asked on behalf of Xia Bingyang, "You came with your father?"

After taking two steps, Xia Hang started kicking, so he also grabbed Ren Erdong's arm, panting and said, "No, I came with Secretary Liang. There are also two designers."

Ren Erdong smiled: "Hey, Xiao Xia is always in charge."

Xia Hang said: "Hey, it's still early."

Xia Bingyang didn't participate in their chat: "Tell me about the process when you found the corpse."

"Oh, okay."

In short, Xia Hang and company personnel went to Jinshi Warehouse Park for on-the-spot inspections to draw up a blueprint for the ground-breaking project in the next year.After the business was done, Xia Hang saw the emerald green mountain top from the mountainside, and wanted to go hiking on a whim.Of course, the other people working under his father would not spoil his interest, so he accompanied Xia Hang to climb to the top of the mountain, and there was a lush dense forest on the top of the mountain.The corpse was hidden in the dense forest, under a dove tree.

Ren Erdong: "A Davidia involucrata tree? Did you meet a Davidia involucrata tree?"

"Brother Dadong, do you know this kind of tree?"

"My daughter-in-law is from the Forest Leaf Bureau. I heard her talk about it. Isn't this thing cherishing tree species?"

"That's right, I didn't recognize this kind of tree at first. The designer of our company recognized it and said that this kind of tree is a living fossil. It is very rare and the flowers bloom very beautifully. I just want to dig out this kind of tree and plant it. to our yard."

After finishing speaking, Xia Hang was slapped on the back of the head by Xia Bingyang.

Xia Bingyang scolded him with a stern face: "Do you know that it is illegal to trade and cut down wild plants under national first-class protection without permission?"

Xia Hang rubbed the back of his head and muttered: "I was just thinking about digging out a dead person before I dug to the bottom." Wrinkled his face as he spoke, and clicked his tongue: "It's disgusting, it's the first time I saw such a dead person." Disgusting stuff."

Xia Bingyang slapped him on the back of the head again, and finally wanted to kick him: "Disgusting? You call the dead something disgusting? You fucking—"

Xia Hang ran away quickly, and dragged Ren Erdong between him and Xia Bingyang: "I was wrong, I was wrong, it's not a disgusting thing, it's the dead. The dead is on top, you go and have a look."

Xia Bingyang glared at him, and led the people to quicken their pace, leaving Xia Hang and Ren Erdong behind.

After Xia Bingyang left, Xia Hang and Ren Erdong whispered: "Brother Dadong, my brother seems to be in a good mood."

Ren Erdong rubbed his hair: "He beat and kicked you, are you in a good mood?"

Xia Hangdao didn't see the slightest disappointment from Xia Bingyang's rough treatment, but he said excitedly: "You don't know, if I say something wrong, he can point at my nose and scold me for a long time, but today he kicked me. Of course it's because of him I feel better."

Ren Erdong suddenly felt a little sympathy for him, and patted his head like a dog: "You two brothers are really better than each other."

The top of the mountain is a dense forest that is seldom touched by fireworks, retaining the beautiful and lush original features. The only thing that is quiet is the wind in the mountains passing through the layers of green leaves and treetops, and sifting through the forest leaves. sunshine.From time to time, there was a rustling sound among the forest leaves, and a few unknown birds flew past.The policemen who walked among them unconsciously slowed down their steps, distracted their attention from coming here, and followed Xia Bingyang on the road, while visiting the scenery in the forest.

"Dove tree!"

A policewoman suddenly pointed to a lush green tree tens of meters away, and said loudly.

Xia Bingyang looked up and saw a slender green tree with a trunk and canopy about ten meters long stretching from the level forest top to the blue sky—the leaves of the tree were not thick green, and The surrounding green leaves are slightly lighter in color, but the leaf veins are covered with a layer of transparent light under the sunlight. There are a few white petals growing between the green leaves, like a white dove standing on a branch and looking at the sky.

That tree is really beautiful, even though August is not the season for flowering, the Davidia involucrata tree is not growing well because of the unsuitable landform and climate.But that slender and tall style is worth a look.

Xia Bingyang looked up for a moment, then looked forward inadvertently when she lowered her head, and saw a person standing under the Davidia involucrata tree, a young man.

The man was wearing a light gray suit, standing under the tree, looking up at the green branches pointing to the sky.His figure was slightly thin, his trousers and shirt were blown by the wind in the mountains, but his figure remained motionless, like another tree nestled next to the Davidia involucrata tree.

Sensing a group of people approaching, the man turned around and saw Xia Bingyang first.

Xia Bingyang looked at him, walked towards him, and only when he got closer did he smell the strong smell of the grass, which could not be suppressed by the smell of corpses.Xia Bingyang looked down, only to find that the man was standing by the pit where a corpse was buried, and the corpse pit where the skeleton was buried was under the Davidia involucrata tree, clinging to the gray-brown torso.

Xia Hang held his nose and ran to Xia Bingyang's side, stood between Xia Bingyang and the man, and introduced to Xia Bingyang: "Brother, he is Secretary Liang. Secretary Liang, this is my brother, the criminal investigation captain of the Nantai District Bureau."

Xia Bingyang held out his hand without saying a word.

Secretary Liang held Xia Bingyang's hand and said with a smile, "Hi, Officer Xia, my name is Liang Xiaotong."

"Are you Xiaohang's secretary?"

Liang Xiaotong looked at Xia Hang and said, "No, I—"

Xia Hang hurriedly said, "Brother, Secretary Liang is Lao Xia's secretary."

Xia Bingyang nodded, stopped asking any more questions, and looked down at the skeleton lying in the pit: "You reported the case?"

"Yes."

Xia Bingyang told them to back off, and then called the investigation team forward to start the inspection and evidence collection of the bones in the pit.Xia Hang, Secretary Liang and the two accompanying engineers were interviewed separately by the police.

The bones were quickly thrown out of the pit by the police and placed on stretchers.

Xia Bingyang stood leaning against the Davidia involucrata tree, looked at the bones on the stretcher with his arms folded, and said to the police officers who were searching for the corpse pit: "If you dig further down, there will still be a humerus and a calf bone missing."

The officers answered 'yes'.

Ren Erdong accompanied Xia Hang to complete the oral questioning before walking to Xia Bingyang's side. He also looked at the corpse on the stretcher wrapped in a pile of rotten clothes that could not see the color and texture, and asked, "How long have you been dead?"

Xia Bingyang said: "It's completely skeletalized, and there are signs of turning to weathering. It has been dead for at least five years."

"Is there any direction for investigation?"

Xia Bingyang thought for a while, and said: "Whether this is the scene of the first crime or the scene of the dumping of the corpse, we have to start the investigation from Jinshi Storage Park."

Ren Erdong said: "That's right. After all, this place is too remote and too far away from the city. The only popular place nearby is Jinshi Storage Park. It is more likely that the deceased has something to do with Jinshi Storage Park."

Xia Bingyang said: "However, the possibility of the murderer running across half of the city to the top of the mountain to dump the body cannot be ruled out. Then who, Xiao Chen! Take a few photos of this tree too."

Four or ten minutes later, Xia Bingyang led the investigation team to withdraw, and both Xia Hang and Secretary Liang were taken back to the police station to make notes.

As soon as Director Lu and Xiao Li returned to the office, several police cars returned to the police station one by one. Ren Erdong led the people to send the bones to the autopsy room, and said to Lao Lu: "Mr. Lu, you Let’s see if it’s a man or a woman, and how many years it’s been since he died.”

Holding his glasses, Lao Lu took a look at the degree of weathering of the pelvis and bones, and said, "Male, the time of death is between five and seven years."

"Alright, then take your time and get busy."

Upstairs and downstairs started busy operations because of the unnamed corpse brought back by Xia Bingyang. Lang Xixi and others retrieved the missing persons of men in Weining City in the past seven years.Lang Xixi took the list of missing persons and went upstairs to find Xia Bingyang, but was told by Lou Yue that Xia Bingyang personally took notes for the first witness in the inquiry room on the third floor.

Lang Xixi took the list and went downstairs again, stood outside the inquiry room on the third floor and waited for a while, but instead of Xia Bingyang, Ren Erdong came out first.When Ren Erdong saw her, he wanted to tease her: "Yo, what about your rumored boyfriend?"

Lang Xixi glared at him angrily, shook her hand, and turned to leave.

Ren Erdong quickly grabbed her: "My brother is wrong, brother is wrong, don't be angry."

At this time, the door of the inquiry room opened, and Xia Bingyang walked out first, followed by Liang Xiaotong.

Xia Bingyang handed Ren Erdong a freshly typed transcript, and said to Liang Xiaotong, "Secretary Liang, I'll take you down."

Lang Xixi didn't find a chance to deal with Xia Bingyang, so she took the missing list and followed Xia Bingyang downstairs.Xia Bingyang and Liang Xiaotong chatted about Xia Hang's performance in the company, and soon arrived at the lobby on the first floor.

"Then I'll leave Xiaohang to you. He has a quick temper, lacks concentration and patience in doing things. You still need to worry about it."

When parting, Xia Bingyang and Liang Xiaotong shook hands and said.

Liang Xiaotong has a strong bookish air, and his actions are very elegant, revealing profound personal cultivation everywhere.

Liang Xiaotong smiled and said, "Officer Xia is serious, I will do my job well."

Xia Bingyang nodded, and let go of his hand. When he let go, he smelled a faint scent of gouache wafting from the cuff of his suit.This gouache smell doesn't conflict with the cologne smell on his body, it blends into a very clear and cold fragrance, which is a bit like the smell on Ji Zheng's body.

Because he thought of Ji Zheng, Xia Bingyang was distracted for a moment, then said to Liang Xiaotong after a pause: "Then let's do this first, if there is any problem, I will contact you at any time."

Liang Xiaotong bent slightly towards him, turned around and walked towards the glass door of the lobby.

Xia Bingyang raised his hand towards Lang Xixi: "Has the list been called out?"

Lang Xixi: "Yes, this is the list of male missing persons in Weining City in 11 and 12."

As soon as the words were finished, Lou Yue came down from upstairs, stopped beside Xia Bingyang and handed him the information in her hand: "The DNV of the deceased was matched in the information database. This is the information of the deceased."

"So fast?"

Xia Bingyang took it immediately: "Wu Zheng?"

Lou Yuedao: "The deceased's name is Wu Zheng, a native of Weining City, born in 1986. He disappeared in late August, 12."

"No exact time of disappearance?"

"No, he returned to China in June 12 to develop, and he has few acquaintances in China."

"Who called the police?"

"His girlfriend is a British Chinese who returned to China with him six years ago. Her name is Yao Zichen."

"Where is she now?"

"Just live in Weining."

Xia Bingyang pondered for a while, and said, "Find this Yao Zichen first."

Lou Yue did not speak, but looked in the direction of the glass door in the lobby.

Xia Bingyang didn't listen to her reply, turned to look at her, followed her gaze, and saw Liang Xiaotong, who had said goodbye to him just now, was walking back.

Liang Xiaotong stood in front of Xia Bingyang, his dark eyes were always showing a soft luster because the corners of his eyes were bent down, he looked at Xia Bingyang, with a modest smile on his face, and said: "Sorry, I seem to hear you Speaking of Wu Zheng?"

Xia Bingyang said: "Yes."

Liang Xiaotong smiled and asked, "What happened to him?"

Xia Bingyang looked at him silently for a moment, then raised the document in his hand: "The corpse dug out from under the Davidia involucrata tree just now is Wu Zheng."

Then, he saw Liang Xiaotong's eyes flicker slightly, his eyes trembled, his expression was a little dazed for a moment, but he was still smiling and said, "So it was him."

At this moment, Xia Bingyang seemed to have seen the scene when he saw Liang Xiaotong for the first time just now—he was standing under the Davidia involucrata tree, looking up at the branches and leaves climbing to the sky and the white pigeons looking at the sky, like another tree.